International Mobility Program: International free trade agreements
Important: The LMIA exemption code associated with this work permit category has changed.
Please see Labour market impact assessment (LMIA) exemption codes – International Mobility Program for the correct codes
These international free trade agreements (FTAs) contain provisions to facilitate temporary entry for business persons on a reciprocal basis. Eligible persons entering under an FTA will generally require a work permit, but are exempt from requiring a labour market impact assessment (LMIA) as per paragraph 204(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). Business persons entering under an FTA as a business visitor may also be eligible for a work permit exemption as per paragraph R186(a).
Under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), professionals are LMIA-exempt under paragraph R204(a) (exemption code T33). Intra-company transferees (ICTs) under GATS are authorized to enter under the general provisions for ICTs and are LMIA-exempt as per paragraph R205(a) (exemption codes C61, C62 and C63).
Canada–international free trade agreements – paragraph R204(a)
- Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)
Business visitors, T34, T35, T36, T37, T38 - Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (CUKTCA)
Business visitors, F60, F61, F62, F63, F64, F65, F66, F67 - Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
Business visitors, F20, F21, F22, F23, F24 - Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCOFTA)
Business visitors, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, T25 - Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
Business visitors, T41, T42, T43, T44, T45, T46, T47, T48 - Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
Business visitors, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F35, F36 - Canada–Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPAFTA)
Business visitors, F42 - Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
Business visitors, F50, F51, F52, F53, F54, F55 - Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
Business visitors, F70, F71, F72, F73, F74 - Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Business visitors, T50, T51, T52, T53, T54, T55 - General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
Business visitors, T33; or intra-company transferees under paragraph R205(a) (C61, C62, C63)
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